Depressaria pteryxiphaga is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Clarke in 1952.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming and Utah.[2]
| Depressaria pteryxiphaga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. pteryxiphaga
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| Binomial name | |
| Depressaria pteryxiphaga Clarke, 1952
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The larvae feed on Preryxia terebinthina.[3]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressaria pteryxiphaga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms